On May 19, after a two year-long trial, Cecily McMillan was found guilty of assaulting an NYD police officer, Officer Grantley Bovell. She was sentenced to 90 days in Rikers Island Correctional Facility, plus five years of probation. A pacifist activist and grad school student, she had testified that she reacted…»7/01/14 4:35pm 7/01/14 4:35pm

Cecily McMillan, the Occupy activist who was convicted of felony assault of a police officer on Tuesday, now has some unlikely advocates. Nine out of 12 jurors have written a letter to the judge asking that she not get jail time. »5/09/14 3:30pm 5/09/14 3:30pm

Last night, as police arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gathered at Zuccoti Park to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the original protests, a video was taken that purports to show police tackling and handcuffing activist Cecily McMillan, who was once profiled as part of Rolling Stone's… »3/18/12 12:10pm 3/18/12 12:10pm